Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT: Wind energy sucks big time Date: 26 Mar 2026 20:52:51 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <10ppvvc$3mqi2$3@dont-email.me> <10pr9ad$3cks$1@dont-email.me> <10psdva$hncu$1@dont-email.me> <10pvgch$1imv9$1@dont-email.me> <20260325085004.ad4b3ae9f0b57d1de6ff8a98@127.0.0.1> <1774434007-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10q0h6i$1saa3$5@dont-email.me> <10q1l01$2asi9$1@dont-email.me> <10q1tvl$2ct18$4@dont-email.me> <10q3alr$2ref7$2@dont-email.me> <10q40l7$33r2s$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net uB+IMieIvtknbdCBwnhWRgALbGjQLYC80OEMVCSisBjx+FskzL Cancel-Lock: sha1:i0Fys6SDnhww+oriZ2QimVYDmPI= sha256:rfZGURQSp6kmvQK6bctgcJiEAjBR555GIvTXyVlpmDg= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84134 On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:15:51 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 26/03/2026 13:36, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> So no, water is not the big one. Wind is. > > Yoiu really do not understand do you? > > Water is what fills in te gaps in the wind/solar. Spain has quite low > rainfall for its hydroelectric *capacity* so the terawatt hours are low. > But what the pumped storage and hydro does, along with nuclear is to > cover the gaps in the intermittent renewables allwing gas to be > displaced off the grid > > Norway has a similar pattern as does New Zealand. Both loudly proclaim > 'renewable success' which is merely an accident of geography > > Low cxountries in N W Europe cant do that trick, No mountains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Northfield_Mountain_(hydroelectricity_facility) The company I worked for in the early '70s was also a lubrication equipment distributor. I had little to do with that side of the business but was able to do a ride-along with the crew installing the lube systems prior to the start up. It was an impressive setup. Too bad the Vermont Yankee nuke it was supposed to support is defunct. Maine Yankee is gone too, victims of deregulation and cheap Quebec hydro.